"Jo brings a great deal of influence to the team and will make a significant impact to Intergen's consulting and assurance services customers. She brings a wealth of expertise in quality assurance and professional consulting services for public and private sector organisations, with skills in leadership, governance, strategic management, business case reviews, portfolio, program, and project management," said Intergen CEO Simon Bright.

"Jo will play a key role in continuing to strengthen and mature Intergen's project, program, and portfolio backbone and in bringing valuable consulting and assurance services to customers to ensure their successful transformation and build the Intergen brand."

Jones brings more than 30 years of experience to Intergen.

She was previously a consultant with RJMML, a director of Johnson Partners, and a director of IQANZ.

Earlier in her career Jones worked in project management and related roles at Tower Financial Services, EDS, New Zealand Fire Service, and Norwich Insurance.

She holds a BSc from Victoria University of Wellington, along with multiple industry certifications including PRINCE2 practitioner, P3M3 assessor, and SAFe.

"I look forward to leveraging the breadth and depth of Intergen's experience coupled with the wealth of skills and experience of its people, to deliver more successful projects and programs for customers. What is exciting to me, for our customers and Intergen, is the access we now have to deep knowledge, consulting expertise, and assurance specialists," said Jones.

"With the teams' deep knowledge and consulting expertise, Intergen can now provide end-to-end support at every stage of the project, program, and portfolio lifecycle from ideation, through to business case, analysis, design, delivery, and post implementation. Establishing this new practice for Intergen is an exciting addition to the capability we bring to the market."